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T. J. SUTTON & G. J. PALMER.

IRONING BOARD.

No. 580,017. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

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THOMAS J. SUTTON AND GEORGE J. PALMER, OF NE? YORK, N. Y.

IRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,017, dated April 6, 1897.

Application filed October 28,1895. Serial No. 567,14=1. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS J. SUTTON and GEORGE J. PALMER,citizens of the United States, and residents of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to ironing-boards or similar devices such as are used by tailors and others for ironing sleeves of garments and other portions thereof; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiective device in which the garment-support is supported by standards secured to the base-board, said support being revoluble; and with this and other objects in view this invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing-.

board constructed in accordance with our improvement, showing portions thereof in section; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the garmentsupport F. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking to the right and showing the cross-section of the bar and the retaining-slot.

Similar letters designate like parts throughout the several views.

In the practice of our invention we provide a base-board A, which may be of any desired length, width, and construction, and to which is secured, at opposite ends thereof, standards B and D, and these standards are provided with base-plates which are secured to the baseboard by means of screws or bolts, said plates being projected longitudinally, as shown at b and d, and also provided with side arms or flanges b and d, the object of which is to thoroughly brace the standards B and D, as will be readily understood.

The standard 13 is provided at its upper end with an enlarged head b in .which is formed. a longitudinal slot 5 the bottom of which is concave, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and passing centrally through this slot and the sides of the head of the standard is a pivot pin or bolt E, and the opposite standard D is provided with a similar head 61 in the top of which is formed a longitudinal slot (F. We also employ a curved garment-support F, which is preferably nearly round in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, and secured to one end thereof is head G, provided with a plate g, by which it is bolted or otherwise secured to the garment-support F, and secured to the head G is a shank or bar g, provided with a head g and said shank or bar g is adapted to rest in the slot (1 as shown in Fig. 1.

Secured to the opposite end of the garmen tsupport F is a plate H, and in the end of the support F, beneath said plate, is a semispherical cavity 71,, and pivotally connected with said plate and adapted to turn therein is an arm or shank K, the outer end of which is provided with an open longitudinal slot 70, and the operation of this form of construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The garment-support F is connected with the standards by simply passing the divided end of the shank or arm K upon the pivot pin or bolt E and lowering the opposite end thereof until the shank or bar g rests in the slot d The shank or arm g is rectangular or square in cross-section, and the position of the support F may be changed, or said support may be held in the position as shown in Fig. 1, or at right angles thereto, by simply detaching the arm g from the standard D and turning the support and then lowering the end of the support until the shank or bar g rests in the slot (1 Our invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, and arrangement of parts shown and described, and we therefore reserve the right to make all such alterations therein and modifications thereof as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

1. The combination in an ironing-board of a base provided at each end with a standard, the standards having heads in which are formed longitudinal slots, in one of which is secured a pivot-pin, a garment-support connected by means of an attachment with one ICO of saidheads, said attachment being provided with a slot which operates in connection with said pivot-pin, an attachment upon the opposite end of the garment-support adapted to enter a slot in the other standard, said firstmentioned attachment having a slot being revoluble in the end of the garment-support and said support being detachably connected with the standards,substantially as described.

2. An ironing-board, consisting of a base, provided at each end with a standard, the standards having heads in which are formed longitudinal slots',in one of which slots is secured a pivot-pin, a curved garment-support provided at one end with a plate, in which is formed a 'central opening, said plate being adapted to be secured to the end of the garment-support, and an attachment having one end pivotally connected to said plate, and

having formed in the opposite end thereof a slot constructed to engage said pivot-pin, and an attachment upon the opposite end of the garment-support, consisting of a plate adapted to be secured to said support, and having 

